"Liquid xenon" refers to the substance formed when the element xenon is cooled down to a very low temperature, causing it to transform into a liquid state rather than a gas. Full definition
Xenon100, a tub of liquid xenon in Gran Sasso, and CDMS II, next door to CoGeNT, have so far come up empty. (newscientist.com)
LUX uses liquid xenon as a target for dark - matter particles to hit and thereby reveal themselves. (newscientist.com)
To shield the detector as much as possible from natural radioactivity in the cavern, the detector (a so - called Liquid Xenon Time Projection Chamber) sits within a cryostat submersed in a tank of water. (sciencedaily.com)